Bebearia makala is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
E. makala Baker agrees with Bebearia luteola, except that the narrow oblique band of the male forewing has developed into a broad subapical patch extending to beyond vein 3. The under-surface of both wings is brownish olive-green with the markings of the upper surface showing through; in the cell, four dark-ringed spots and beyond the middle traces of two dark transverse bands and of the submarginal line; the hind-wing with three sharply outlined black dots in the cell and with indistinct traces of a median band and a submarginal line. Expanse 89 mm. Makala, Congo regionAurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.
Subspecies Bebearia makala makala (northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic) Bebearia makala bosmansi Hecq, 1989 (Cameroon)
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